Hominidae
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Reexamining human origins in light of Ardipithecus ramidus.

30 Sep 2009 Referential models based on extant African apes have dominated reconstructions of early human evolution since Darwin's time. These models visualize fundamental human behaviors as intensifications of behaviors observed in living chimpanzees and/or ... Read more...

The great divides: Ardipithecus ramidus reveals the postcrania of our last common ancestors with African apes.

30 Sep 2009 Genomic comparisons have established the chimpanzee and bonobo as our closest living relatives. However, the intricacies of gene regulation and expression caution against the use of these extant apes in deducing the anatomical structure of the last ... Read more...

Combining prehension and propulsion: the foot of Ardipithecus ramidus.

30 Sep 2009 Several elements of the Ardipithecus ramidus foot are preserved, primarily in the ARA-VP-6/500 partial skeleton. The foot has a widely abducent hallux, which was not propulsive during terrestrial bipedality. However, it lacks the highly derived ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hominidae'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Paleoanthropology. New work may complicate history of Neandertals and H. sapiens. 7 Oct 2009
• Fossil rewrites early human evolution. 6 Oct 2009
• Possible freshwater resource consumption by the earliest directly dated European modern humans: Implications for direct radiometric dating. 3 Oct 2009
• Reexamining human origins in light of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• The great divides: Ardipithecus ramidus reveals the postcrania of our last common ancestors with African apes. 30 Sep 2009
• Combining prehension and propulsion: the foot of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• The pelvis and femur of Ardipithecus ramidus: the emergence of upright walking. 30 Sep 2009
• Careful climbing in the Miocene: the forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and humans are primitive. 30 Sep 2009
• Paleobiological implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus dentition. 30 Sep 2009
• The Ardipithecus ramidus skull and its implications for hominid origins. 30 Sep 2009
• Macrovertebrate paleontology and the Pliocene habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• Taphonomic, avian, and small-vertebrate indicators of Ardipithecus ramidus habitat. 30 Sep 2009
• The geological, isotopic, botanical, invertebrate, and lower vertebrate surroundings of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus and the paleobiology of early hominids. 30 Sep 2009
• Light on the origin of man. Ardipithecus ramidus. Introduction. 30 Sep 2009
• Video: the analysis of Ardipithecus ramidus--one of the earliest known hominids. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus. The view from Afar. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus. Habitat for humanity. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus. A new kind of ancestor: Ardipithecus unveiled. 30 Sep 2009
• Understanding human origins. 30 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Hominidae'

Definition: Family of the suborder HAPLORHINI (Anthropoidea) comprising bipedal primate MAMMALS. It includes modern man (HOMO SAPIENS) and the great apes: gorillas (GORILLA GORILLA), chimpanzees (PAN PANISCUS and PAN TROGLODYTES), and orangutans (PONGO PYGMAEUS).

Descriptor UI: D015186

Alternative terms: Hominidae; Hominids; Hominid; Homo; Pongidae; Apes; Ape; Hominini; Homininus; Hominins; Hominin;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; psychology; surgery; urine; virology;

Tree Number: B01.150.900.649.801.400.112.400;

History Note: 89

Technical Notes: diseases: coordinate IM with PRIMATE DISEASES (IM); note X ref APES: diseases in an unspecified ape, index APE DISEASES (IM) + HOMINIDAE (NIM); extinct humans (Homo sp. other than Homo sapiens) go here but neanderthals are indexed with both HUMANS + HOMINIDAE